Paper-holder.



No 632,047. Pdtented Aug. 29, I899.

C. FREESE.

PAPER HOLDER.

(Appiicntion filed Apr. 7, 1899.)

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PAPER HOLDER. (Application Am Apr. 7, 1599.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUS FREESE, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE AUTOMATIC CABINET AND PAPER COMPANY.

PAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,047, dated August 29, 1899.

I Application filed April '7, 1899. Serial No- 712,145. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUS FREESE, acitizen of the United States; residing in the city, county, and State of- New York, have invented a new and useful Toilet-Paper Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for holding and issuing paper for toilet and other purposes in suitable lengths, and the objects of my improvement are to provide a toilet-paper holder simple in construction and efficientin operation. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of the entire machine, taken on the linew c of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the holder, the casing being cut away. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the holder as the same appears after the removal of the cover. Fig. 4is a sectional view of the entire machine on the line Y Y of Fig. 3.

The same numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, numerals 1 1 designate a suitable casing, which may be of any desired material and construction, for the operative portions of the device. The casing is made preferably of metal in the shape shown, the front being removable.

2 is a roller holding the roll of paper. Its shaft is journaled in slotted bearings formed in inwardly-pressing springs 22, fixed to the casing, serving to hold the roller firmly, while permitting the ready replacing of the roll of paper 3 when desired.

4 is afriction-rollertruncated transversely, as shown at 20 of Fig. 1, and presentingaplane surface for its entire length of a width approximately equal to the radius of the roller. The function of this plane is hereinafter described. In the preferred construction of my device I make this roll with a coating of emery or other similar substance to increase its friction with the paper passing over its periphery. The roller 4 is rotated by the turning of the knob 7, which terminates its shaft on the outer side of the casing, through which the shaft projects and in which it is journaled. Attached to the ends of the roller 4 or arranged to turn on its shaft at each end is a cam 14 14.

The pressure-roller 5 is mounted on a shaft parallel with the shaft of roller 4 and so journaled in the casing in slotted bearings that it is capable of vertical movement to and from the periphery of roller 4. The circumference of roller 5 is cut away at its center 18 for approximately one-third of its width and to sufficient depth to permit the paper-guide 16 to project between the rolls. This paperguide 16 is formed by the prolongation of the stationary cutting edge 12 and is in T form.

The roller 4 is of similar construction in preferred form to that of roller 5, against which it is maintained in constant contact by the pressure of spring 15, which bears from below against the roller 5 in the groove 18, provided for it and the paper-guide 16.

The knife-supporting arms 8 8 are pivoted at 9 9 to the casing and are normally retracted by springs 10 10. These arms support a transversely-extending knifeblade 11, shearing against the edge 12 for severing the paper strip. I have found the use of a knife having a blade of the form shown in Fig. 2 and adapted to give a shearing stroke best suited for general purposes, though a striker having a toothed or serrated edge is better adapted for coarser papers, which it more readily penetrates, presenting a line of punctures, and thus permitting the ready tearing off of a sheet. 13 13 are pins mounted transversely on the knife-supporting arms and engaging with 14 14, the cams on the ends of the friction-roller 4.

The operation of my device is as follows: The paper 3 feeds from its roller 2 between the f rict-ion-rollers 4 and 5 and issues from the slot 6 in the lower front side of the casing as the f riction-roller 4 is rotated by the turning of the knob 7, formed on its shaft on the outer side of the casing. As the roller4 rotates it turns the roller 5, which is maintained in constant pressure with it by the spring 1 5. The freedom of play of the shaft of roller5 in its bearings is limited by the strip-guide 16, extending from the lower cutting edge 12 between the rolls in the grooves 18 of roller 5. \Vith this construction the paper when once inserted between the guides 16 17 passes between rolls 4 and 5, being pressed against roll 4 by roll 5 as soon as the former is turned .so that the point 19 of roll 4 comes in contact with the strip. As the roll 4 is turned forward the pins l3 l3, borne by the knife-supporting arms 8 8, ride upward upon the cams 14: 14, serving to raise the knife or paper-cutting device 11 evenly bylifting the supporting-arms 8 8 equally and uniformly. As the knife 11 is raised the paper strip issues from the slot 6 and continues to issue during the revolution of the roll at until the point 23 has passed the central line of rolls 4 and 5, when the plane surface of roll 4; being presented the pressure between these friction-rolls ceases. At the same moment the pin 13 is released by the projection on the periphery of the cam and the knifebearing arms 8 8 are returned by the retractile spring to their normal position. This reciprocating movement occurs in timed rela tion with the feeding of the paper by the friction-rolls. The 'retractile force of the spring produces a sharp percussing action of the paper-cutter, severing the strip that is issuing from the slot 6 from the roll for its entire or partial width, as may be preferred. The length of the strip of paper to be issued is determined by the dimensions of the feed-roll 4, to which are attached the cams 1t 14:, which control the interval between the strokes of the cutting device and prevent backward turning of the roll. As the roll 7 continues to revolve the knife-supporting arms begin to rise, lifting the blade; but the paper does not begin to feed between the rolls, as before explained, during the first third of their revolution because of the cessation of pressure due to the plane surface 20 of the roll 4:.

Having thus described my improved toiletpaper holder, I desire to claim as my invention- 1. In an apparatus for holding and issuing toilet-paper a roller for holding the paper, two pressure-rollers, one of which is truncated in a plane parallel to its axis, for feeding such paper in timed relation to the strokes of the cutter, such cutter and means for its operation in combination as described.

2. In a toilet-paper holder, the combination of a roller for a paper-roll, means for guiding the paper strip, two pressure-rollers, one of which is truncated in a plane parallel to its axis, cams mounted on one of these rollers, cam-driven knife-bearing arms pivoted to the casing, and a stationary edge adapted to engage with the paper-cutter borne by said arms.

3. In an apparatus for holding and issuing toilet-paper a roll for holding the paper strip,

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Vitnesses: V

SEWARD DAVIS,- OLIVER WILLIAMS. 

